Monthly Archives: January 2003
My Gift to Last All Year
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb's husband, Mark, gave her a unique Christmas present: a page-a-day origami calendar.
Troubles, history of barbed wire fences
Columnist Roy Booth recalls he and his brother never could stretch the barbed wire fence right enough to suit his father.
Defunct mineral resort has a healing history
Tucked away in rural Beaver County are the remains of the Frankfort Mineral Springs Health Resort, which catered to the wealthy in the 19th century.
A lifetime with farming and horses
A conversation with western Pa. retired farmer Frank Ramage links draft horses, history and agriculture.
USDA names agriculture disaster areas in New York
The USDA has designated 25 counties in New York as primary agricultural disaster areas due to excessive rain, freezing and other weather-related disasters.
USDA keeps investigating situation with StarLink
Washington is working to refute a Japanese report that StarLink corn was detected in a portion of a U.S. export shipment.
Tree leaves Central Park to stretch its roots in China
A great elm in New York City, known as "Central Park Splendor," is alive and well, and it's living in China, its native land.
Ohio corn, soybean yields below normal
Ohio's 2002 average corn yield is estimated at 88 bushels per acre, the lowest state yield since 1988 when growers averaged 85 bushels per acre.
Louisville tractor pull already sold out for Saturday’s finals
Tickets went on sale to the public earlier this month for the championship tractor pull held Feb. 12-15 in conjunction with the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville. Saturday night's final heats, however, are already sold out.
Farm bill funding could be target for Congress appropriations bill cuts
In agricultural payments, what Congress giveth, Congress can taketh away.
